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Weaving Indigenous Education into Your Practice: A Teacher’s Resource Guide

This virtual guide comprises a playlist of five video chapters, which illustrate how teachers can weave interviews, videos, and lesson plans from NCCIE.CA into their practices. Elementary and secondary teachers who are new to Indigenous education can use this guide when introducing Indigenous lesson plans into their classrooms and land-based learning.

The lesson plans in this guide come mostly from Ontario. If you wish to adapt a lesson plan to another jurisdiction, please see Chapter 4 (time stamp 51:41 - 1:17:40) where two teachers describe their process of adapting a lesson plan from another jurisdiction to local Indigenous Peoples and Ministry documents. To assist you in this process, a checklist has been created.

The five chapters are divided into a total of 23 sections, each with time stamps for ease of access. For an overview of the five chapters, please click here. For more information and to give feedback on your experiences using the Teacher’s Resource Guide, please contact Dr. Leisa Desmoulins or Contact NCCIE.

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Virtual Teacher’s Resource Guide and the NCCIE Website

Chapter 1 introduces the NCCIE and this guide, which is grounded in Indigenous education principles. Elder Shirley Williams opens with a prayer in Anishinaabemowin, followed by her explanation in English. Introductory and key background information is shared by the co-authors, NCCIE founder Dr. Mark Dockstator, and Dr. Nicole Bell. Dr. Jennifer Dockstator concludes this chapter with a tour of the NCCIE website to show viewers how to find resources and lesson plans.

For the documents introduced in Chapter 1 and referred to in future chapters, click here.

References for Chapter 1
(in order of appearance)

Ontario Ministry of Education (2021). The Ontario curriculum Grades 1-8 and the Kindergarten Program. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/elementary.html
Ontario Ministry of Education (2018). The Ontario curriculum Grades 9-12: Course descriptions and prerequisites. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/secondary/descript/descri9e.pdf
Ontario Ministry of Education (2019). The Ontario curriculum – grades 1-8 and the Kindergarten Program: First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Connections. Scope and Sequence of Expectations. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/elementaryfnmi.pdf
Ontario Ministry of Education (2016). The Ontario curriculum – grades 9-12: First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Connections: Scope and Sequence of Expectations. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/secondaryFNMI.pdf
Ontario Ministry of Education (2019). The Ontario curriculum – grades 9-12: First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Studies. Retrieved from https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/fbd574c4-da36-0066-a0c5-849ffb2de96e/e5733b4c-80ae-4988-8ab4-d29ae1cbaae2/First-nations-metis-inuit-studies-grades-9-12.pdf
National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education (2020). Retrieved from https://www.nccie.ca/
Ontario Ministry of Education (2021). Indigenous Education Strategy. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/Indigenous/
Ontario Ministry of Education (2007). Ontario First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/fnmiframework.pdf
Ontario Ministry of Education (2009). Sound foundations for the road ahead: Fall 2009 progress report on implementation of the Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit education policy framework. Author. Retrieved from: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/soundfoundation_roadahead.pdf
Ontario Ministry of Education (2013). A solid foundation: Second progress report on the implementation of the Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit education policy framework. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/asolidfoundation.pdf
Ontario Ministry of Education. (2018). Third progress report on Indigenous education. Author. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/indigenous/progressReport3rd.html
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. TRC final report. Retrieved from http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.html
Buller, M., Audet, M., Eyolfson, B., and Robinson, Q. (2019). Reclaiming power and place: The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls. Retrieved from https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/